The Borealist

Second Anniversary Ingredients:

There are places out there still relatively untouched.

Places where the scars of industry and civilization are few. Places beyond the reach of cell

I’d like to tell you that it was a huge fight with an epic fish or battling massive five foot waves but that wasn’t the case. It was

Crawl out of that dusty sleeping bag and greet the day. Sit on the tailgate and rub the sleep from your eyes. Think about coffee, reach into the

Sometimes “it’s good just to get out”, isn’t so much a cliche as it is an understatement.

Red-winged blackbirds in the reeds, the rocking of the boat, a

Pike are hell on flies.

Razor sharp teeth and aggressive strikes, leave a fly box full of torn and shredded bits of feather and fur.

At the end of every season, inventory is

Flush a bird in the winter and this is the look you’ll get.

A mixture of anger and annoyance, contempt and confusion. She thought you were partners. She thought that you and her

Its dark and cold and there’s a lethargy that swallows all good intentions, call it Seasonal Affective Disorder or the Post-Bird Season Blues.

The solution is simple.

Step

Just a few weeks ago the skies were blue, the clover green and the birds were still moving in the afternoon sun.

But then the daylight dwindles, the thermometer plummets, the

No will ever mistake me for a sharpshooting shotgun wizard but I’m not afraid of a hike and I know when to pull the trigger.

She won’t win any field trials but she works fairly